MADAME GUYON

Mariée à l''âge de seize ans, mère de cinq enfants, ce n''est qu''à la mort de son époux (elle a alors trente-huit ans) que Madame Guyon devient libre de suivre les exigences de sa spiritualité. Elle

Escrito no final do século XVII. Este pequeno livro, concebido em grande simplicidade, não foi escrito para ser publicado. Eu o escrevi para poucas pessoas, que desejavam amar a Deus com todo o seu c

The Autobiography of Madame Guyon is a memoir of Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic from seventeenth and eighteenth century. Guyon had a belief in Gods perfect plan, fiercely believing that she would be blessed in suffering. She was introduced to mysticism by Fr. François La Combe, the superior of the Barnabite house in Thonon in Savoy. After her husbands death, Madame Guyon initially lived quietly as a wealthy widow in Montargis, before re-establishing contact with François La Combe in 1679. After three mystical experiences, Madame Guyon felt drawn to Geneva where she decided to use her money to set up a house for "new Catholics" in Gex, in Savoy, as part of broader plans to convert Protestants in the region. Because of Guyons ideas on mysticism, the Bishop of Geneva, who had at first viewed her coming with pleasure, asked her to leave his diocese, and at the same time he expelled Father Lacombe.